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I haven’t listened to Maneskin before, but this lead singer is a bit of a tough act to follow..

Even Jessie J can play new music…

Can't stop playing this thing over and over. It hits HARD.

The best part to me is, you know what it sounds like? Unmistakably, a Guns N Fucking Roses song. I love it.

I think it sounds incredible. I love everything that's added vs the leaked version.. sounds like a classic Guns track to me. 

Slash sounds amazing.

Is there any way to listen to it in the States right now?

In terms of what they would realistically pick, Jungle. The "Do you know where the fuck you are" as an intro is tremendous. 

Pipe dream world, Right Next Door to Hell would be my choice. 

It should be between 7:30-8:00 EST. I'll be there, with a few who will be seeing them for the first time. Hoping Axl has been getting himself ready!

More of this kind of stuff, PLEASE!

Much more of a punk vibe on this song, kinda cool that their first 2 songs sound pretty different. 

I dug the song and definitely got a VR vibe, although that might just be because Noah sounds so much like Scott. Pretty cool they're doing this and from seeing how they are reacting on social media, I think they're pretty surprised that this has been as popular as it has. Noah said something about hoping the video got at least 10k plays and they're now pushing 700k in less than 2 weeks. 

I didn't realize that Rob's son Ty filled in with Korn when he was 12 years old. Even if you have connections and your dad can open up doors for you that wouldn't occur for just any kid, that's fucking impressive. 

I get there is some cool nostalgia specific to Guns with a pinball machine, but seriously? What's the demand for this product? Pinball machines were a lot closer to relevant 30 years ago when this was a thing. 

I feel like they're now to the point of 'What can we put out that is literally the exact opposite of what a normal, productive band would do in 2020?'. 

I pre-ordered the Kindle version and it was sent to me the day it was supposed to come out. I downloaded it then, and although they then changed the date, I have it and that's what I've shared in some of my updates. 

I'm not sure if you can find versions elsewhere. Feel free to PM if you have any ideas.

6 minutes ago, James Bond said:

If Guns wants to be "relevant" and "politically active" then why not release a kickass new song and send all the proceeds to charity instead of this afterthought of a t-shirt?

But I guess nothing says "we're still a badass rock band" than the latest piece of shitty merchandise.

Well, yeah. That's what they should do. Especially considering they've gotten some coverage lately with this sort of stuff. What's the 2020 version of Civil War?

Obviously this requires significantly less effort from Axl, so it can actually happen. IMO better than a children's book, significantly worse than producing new music. 

4 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

Sorry, are you saying GNR AREN'T living off the successes of the late 80s in 2020? 

If so, that would be absolutely hilarious..........

No lol I’m saying that’s exactly what they’ve done for the last 20 years, so even engaging in a situation that’s current and acknowledges that HW Bush isn’t still President is an improvement.

3 hours ago, WhazUp said:

I liked Axl's comments on Twitter, but to commodify them on T-Shirts trying to capitalize monetarily on it is just tacky

 

It isn't as tacky as a Trump Hotel, but it is right up there

It says 100% of sales are being donated to charity.

I'll take a relevant, politically active band over living off of the successes of the late 80s in 2020. 

1 minute ago, LunsJail said:

I would still expect someone to at least recognize their own hypocrisy there. Matt doesn’t do that in his opinions on this subject.

There's an incredible lack of self awareness by him throughout. I definitely agree with that!

Yeah, I agree with you guys. It's almost like, if you had a beautiful, incredibly superficial Instagram model that was interested in you. You'd be down. And if she rejected you, you'd call it out for what it is. 

I do wonder if he's burned bridges in this book. I didn't really feel like any of the previous members did that in their books, but some of this stuff feels difficult to come back from. I'm as big of a Slash and Duff fan as there can be, but he's kind of confirming what we've all sort of thought, right? 

11 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

In GnR Matt was promoted as a full-fledged band member and not as a side guy like in the Cult, but he was never made a partner (same goes for Dizzy, Gilby and all the nuGnR guys later). Does he mention anything about that in the book? Or about the "additional musician" thing on the credits of Live Era?

And since, from what the people who have read the book say, he doesn't say much about the VR era, I assume there isn't anything about Slash's night visit at Axl's house and what it caused in VR.

So, he addresses all of that a bit when he is quitting the band. This is right after he blows up and tells Paul Huge to fuck off:

Up until that point, I'd been given $15,000 a month (which was deducted from my royalties and the return on my percentage). The letter said the band would buy me out for $75,000. Even now, I don't know why I agreed to it. My contract said the money I was earning would be deducted from my royalties on the next record, so technically I owed the guys money for those four years when nothing happened. 

In any case, I signed, and they recouped the money from the Use Your Illusion records. That really fucked me up, because it took them a long time to do it. I mean, I didn't receive any royalties for years after that. I could've said "I'm not fucking signing it", but I didn't. I didn't even get a penny when the double live album came out; even though I played on 90 percent of the record, they screwed me on my royalty. Axl actually removed my name from the sleeve - or, more accurately, just put me down as a session musician. The only reason he did it is because I stood up to him that day. I don't regret it though. I was done tiptoeing around him. 

And you're correct, no mention of the night at Axl's house.

Actually out of curiosity, I went and found the quote. Here's what he said.. this was during the Cult touring with Aerosmith (when he had rejoined the band):

Billy and I went out to watch Aerosmith play that evening, and before we headed back to our bus, I said, "Wouldn't it be amazing have a singer like that?" The thing was, Ian could have been great if only he'd stopped destroying himself and singing about horses and butterflies - if only he'd written lyrics people could actually understand in America. With both him and another singer I would soon work with, that was the main issue. These guys could sing, but they were their own downfall. They sabotaged their potential with drugs and insecurities. It was super frustrating, and as far as Ian was concerned, he had also started to get fat again by the end of the tour.

5 minutes ago, lame ass security said:

Wasted potential on Astbury's part? That seems weird, he's had a very solid career. 

I think it was mostly that he definitely had a solid career, but it could have been a legendary career. At one point he compares him to someone, I believe Steven Tyler, saying like.. that was what Astbury could be. Most of it was around his appearance and gaining weight. I honestly haven't followed them at all, so I'm not sure if his weight is a regularly discussed topic, but we know how prevalent something a topic like the singer's weight can be to fans

44 minutes ago, MaskingApathy said:

And then the same thing happened with Hollywood Vampires.

Absolutely.. and actually, that's kind of a theme:

- He felt mad and slighted by Tori Amos because he said he put the band together and he ended up as just a session musician.

- Slash fucked him out of song writing credits or something, I forget exactly, but he didn't get enough of the pie there.

- He didn't buy Slash's excuse for why Snakepit became Slash's Snakepit and was mad it was his solo project and less of a band.

Plus the already discussed Cult and Hollywood Vampires examples. He's obviously got a very high opinion of himself, but he also seems to nearly exclusively work with huge stars and then wonder why he isn't perceived on the same level as they are!

6 hours ago, Sydney Fan said:

Much on matts time with The Cult?.

Yeah, maybe 10-15% of the book? I've never listened to them much, so I can't really give any decent feedback on the content. Another situation where he didn't seem super positive on anyone involved, particularly Ian. Wasted potential seemed to be his primary feedback. He's nicer about Billy, but I think he resented that the band was basically them and he was on a different tier.

It's weird, because the last chapter or so of the book is kind of him being married, happy, sober, appreciative.. those sorts of emotions. But none of that is represented throughout the book. I guess I appreciate that he didn't feel the need to suck up to people and, given the sheer amount of criticism, gave his honest feedback. Off the top of my head, he was very complimentary of Lemmy and Billy Gibbons. There were probably a few others, but those are the only ones I remember that he painted in a very positive light.